The Top 10 Kitchen Pins of 2013

Green Gloss Kitchen
The Manhattan kitchen is small, but the owner has no trouble making braised short ribs for eight in it. Cabinets are lacquered in Bamboo Leaf by Fine Paints of Europe, as was the roller shade by Manhattan Shade & Glass. Even the Sub-Zero refrigerator is painted green. "I thought, 'Why replace this with a paneled kitchen?' I knew it would paint beautifully — and that a strong brush of color would make it exciting," designer Miles Redd says.
Simplicity
In a Vermont farmhouse designed by Susan Tully, an Aga range works beautifully with the kitchen's spare aesthetic.
Ikat Accent
In a Charlotte, North Carolina, house, designer Lindsey Coral Harper made a Roman shade in the same fabric as the kitchen sofa, Thom Filicia's Prospect in Shadow for Kravet, to carry the ikat pattern across the room.
Grounding Gray
The kitchen is a favorite place to host casual lunches and dinners in a Southern California house designed by Parrish Chilcoat and Joe Lucas. "The mahogany-topped island can easily fit 12 stools," Chilcoat says. "In a room this big, with east and west exposures, all this gray is grounding," Lucas adds. To set the cabinets and island apart, the designers painted them two different shades: Farrow & Ball's Down Pipe, a warm gray, on the cabinets, and Benjamin Moore's cooler Chelsea Gray on the island. Antique industrial pendants and a custom stainless-steel hood add sculptural focal points. The backsplash is acid-washed Seagrass limestone from Classic Tile.
Colorful Cabinets
In designer Sheila Bridges's small, but elegant New York City kitchen, Kohler's farmhouse sink is paired with a Kingston Brass Heritage Collection faucet.
Blue Kitchen Island
"The owners didn't want a white kitchen, but they did want it to be a bright, interesting room— the whole family spends a lot of time here," says Nancy Boszhardt of this New York apartment. "It's also a great working kitchen. The wide plank floors are great to stand on while you're cooking, the island is large, and they've got that incredible La Cornue range." The hood was designed by architect Radoslav Opacic. Countertops are Jerusalem Gold limestone slab. Custom barstools are upholstered in Brunschwig & Fils leather. Faucet from P.E. Guerin.
Welcoming Kitchen
"The kitchen is where we hang out and entertain," says Monica Bhargava of her California house. "I wanted it to feel soulful, and the Bolton lanterns take me back to the bazaar." She hung two at either end of the long room to unify the space. Captain barstools by Pottery Barn are pulled up to the large island. "Everything is centered here," she explains. "I can put out the best hors d'oeuvres on another table somewhere else, and it doesn't matter. Everyone goes right back to that island." Mauviel copper stockpot and Apilco Très Grande Porcelain dinnerware from Williams-Sonoma. Baskets and trays by Williams-Sonoma Home. Custom- made cabinets with open shelves are set against a beadboard wall and accented with Rocky Mountain Hardware pulls.
Painted Cabinets
"This is a really green turquoise. It reminds me of sea glass, and we used it in a beach house that was all about fresh air and fresh color. I probably wouldn't have chosen it for solid cabinet fronts, but it worked well in the back, as an accent color. And it tied in with other things we used in the kitchen."
Farmhouse-Style
For a new kitchen in in Mount Kisco, New York, Shaker-style cabinets by Plain & Fancy, painted Teresa's Green by Farrow & Ball, have a wonderfully old-fashioned but surprisingly fresh look. Vintage pendants hung at different heights provide ambient and task lighting. The dark brass schoolhouse lights were found at Scherer's Architectural Antiques. "The homeowner is a serious cook," designer Young Huh says, "and she wanted that Wolf range" — it has six burners, a double griddle, and two ovens. Farmhouse table from Royal Port Antiques.

Neutral Kitchen

The kitchen in a Seattle, Washington, house was remodeled with new cabinetry painted Stone Harbor by Benjamin Moore and floor tiles from New Ravenna. Designer Kelie Grosso hung a Swedish chandelier by Canopy Designs because "a standard pendant light didn't make any sense for this house." Indecasa TB counter stools, Design Within Reach.